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רוּחַ

rûwach · Hebrew · Strong's H7308 · 11 occurrences

The KJV renders 15 different Hebrew and Greek words as “mind”

What it means

{wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the sky; by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational being (including its expression and functions)}

(Aramaic) corresponding to H7307 (רוּחַ)

How the KJV renders it

mind, spirit, wind

Where that flattens a distinction

The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.

mind
also renders nóēma (G3540), gnṓmē (G1106), énnoia (G1771), psychḗ (G5590), méllō (G3195), noûs (G3563), diánoia (G1271), pneûma (G4151), zimmâh (H2154), yêtser (H3336), lêb (H3820), lêbâb (H3824), nephesh (H5315), rûwach (H7307)
wind
also renders déō (G1210), ánemos (G417), pnoḗ (G4157), tsâphôwn (H6828), qâdîym (H6921), têymân (H8486)
spirit
also renders phántasma (G5326), nᵉshâmâh (H5397), rûwach (H7307)

Where it appears

11 occurrences in the Hebrew text.

Daniel 2:35 ANcfsd/TdDaniel 4:8 ANcfscDaniel 4:9 ANcfscDaniel 4:18 ANcfscDaniel 5:11 ANcfscDaniel 5:12 ANcfsaDaniel 5:14 ANcfscDaniel 5:20 AC/Ncfsc/Sp3msDaniel 6:3 ANcfsaDaniel 7:2 ANcfpcDaniel 7:15 ANcfsc/Sp1cs

Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Hebrew text, never from an English translation. Strong's Hebrew lexicon and Westminster Leningrad Codex morphology used under CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (OpenScriptures). Strong's Greek lexicon is public domain.